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leave us alone. leave us alone. you want to have conceal and carry with very few requirements, fine. we have conceal and carry with many requirements, and it is working. some states don't have any limit on the number of weapons you could carry with one conceal and carry permit. so someone could come into my state, go into one of my schoolyards and open up duffel bag full of legal weapons. we have 3,300 gun deaths each year in my state. let me repeat that. 3,300 gun deaths each year in california. each one of them has a story. of tragedy behind it. a lot of them are kids. so don't come down here and tell my state what we should be doing. i i support your state. you should support my state. and that's exactly what governor schwartzenegger says. he says, we have a right to write our own gun laws. 34 california mayors and 400 mayors nationwide oppose the thune amendment. as do the international association of police chiefs. you know, we have a lot of two, do here. we've got to work on health ca care. we've got to work o
leave us alone. leave us alone. you want to have conceal and carry with very few requirements, fine. we have conceal and carry with many requirements, and it is working. some states don't have any limit on the number of weapons you could carry with one conceal and carry permit. so someone could come into my state, go into one of my schoolyards and open up duffel bag full of legal weapons. we have 3,300 gun deaths each year in my state. let me repeat that. 3,300 gun deaths each year in...
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before us and enlighten us, mr. vice premier on how you see this great relationship moving forward. without further ado, ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the vice premier of china, wang qishan. a [applause] >> translator: secretary clinton will be joining us in a while. secretary timothy geithner, madam hill, ladies and gentlemen, present here today, i am deeply honored to have this opportunity to meet with you tonight. mr. liveried has depressed me. a line of thinking, in his very words in uncertain world's, this world of uncertainty. that is a book that would have had a major influence on me and i agree with his points in that book, and i came to know mr. rubin. people sometimes say a famous teacher must have smart students. and i just came to know that secretary timothy geithner with henry kissinger and mr. rubin, that is the kind of relationship between tutor and student that inspired me until i am thinking about teachers that i can name you are as great as they are and i found one. and this is when i was in
before us and enlighten us, mr. vice premier on how you see this great relationship moving forward. without further ado, ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the vice premier of china, wang qishan. a [applause] >> translator: secretary clinton will be joining us in a while. secretary timothy geithner, madam hill, ladies and gentlemen, present here today, i am deeply honored to have this opportunity to meet with you tonight. mr. liveried has depressed me. a line of thinking, in his very...
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a number of us criticized us and a number of us came to the floor with budget enforcement legislation, a minority of the majority voted against it and all but a few in the then minority voted against it. but more to the point, spending did grow by too much in the prior eight years, but look at it now, mr. speaker. if you thought spending was fast then, holy cow. with that, mr. speaker, i would like to yield 2 1/2 minutes to a member of the budget committee, mr. mchenry. the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. mchenry: i thank the ranking member for yielding. i rise in opposition to the democrats' so-called pay-go scheme. it sounds good, but the reality is far different than the sound of it. it does nothing to control out-of-control spending. the proposal does nothing to hold accountable discretionary spending, which is 40% of the budget. as american families face difficult decisions about every dollar they spend, the majority of this congress believes that 40% of their budget should be exempt from fiscal discipline, because congress must show the for titude to resolve these s
a number of us criticized us and a number of us came to the floor with budget enforcement legislation, a minority of the majority voted against it and all but a few in the then minority voted against it. but more to the point, spending did grow by too much in the prior eight years, but look at it now, mr. speaker. if you thought spending was fast then, holy cow. with that, mr. speaker, i would like to yield 2 1/2 minutes to a member of the budget committee, mr. mchenry. the gentleman is...
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is that the number to use? >> do we know the total amount of authorized programs, that those 54 programs amount to? >> i do not know this. >> would this be billions? >> some of them have a specific amount and some did not have an authorized amount. >> none of them score because they are of the rise. >> when they tell us that this cost $610 billion and does not account for the medicaid expansion, which may be another 500 or $600 billion -- the cost of this is over one trillion dollars and there is no number for the 54 and the new initiative programs because they cannot get a score. >> this does not score of us in the mandatory scoring. >> the answer is -- if this was funded and one presumes there would be funded, otherwise why would they be put in? if they will not be funded than it makes no sense to put them in. this is an area where we do not know how much cost will be generated until the funding. >> those decisions are in the hands of the appropriations committee. >> we know that most people do not of the ris
is that the number to use? >> do we know the total amount of authorized programs, that those 54 programs amount to? >> i do not know this. >> would this be billions? >> some of them have a specific amount and some did not have an authorized amount. >> none of them score because they are of the rise. >> when they tell us that this cost $610 billion and does not account for the medicaid expansion, which may be another 500 or $600 billion -- the cost of this is...
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we use publicly available information to use a device that was able to damage a facility. we use a liquid explosive and a unit -- a low yield detonator and a variety of materials but typically brought in to the building. they included the offices of a u.s. senator and representative as well as agents from the department of homeland security and justice. once they got through the security point, they assembled the ied with the device in a briefcase. in response to the security vulnerabilities we found during your testing, we have recently taken steps to improve oversight of the guard program. it is authorized overtime to conduct our inspections during non routine business hours and it has its own penetration tests for access control points. they have conducted limited intrusion testing in the past and has difficulties in doing such tests. in 2008, when reaching conducted a test available for facility and successfully brought a fake bomb inside of a building. agents this place the box containing the fake bomb. in march, 2009, it also issued a policy directive intended to spe
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they used both a written and an oral exam format, right? is your understanding of how they worked to put together the tests and did -- that's the way they put it together and did that make you believe that you would be judged on your merits? >> yes, senator. the rules of the game were set up and we have a right to be judged fairly and just by taking the test, we knew that the test -- we didn't even need to go any further. just by taking the test, we knew the test was job related and measured the skills and ability for firefighters. >> do you believe this is an opportunity that might be open to you. >> yes, senator. >> tell me about the expectations when you looked at the opportunity. you were no doubt of the racial dynamics. did you think at all because the test was so rigorously and fairly designed that any of those outside racial dynamics would become an obstacle of your future service in the fire department as long as you were qualified for the job. >> no, myself and all 20 plaintiffs including other firefighters that didn't join the sui
they used both a written and an oral exam format, right? is your understanding of how they worked to put together the tests and did -- that's the way they put it together and did that make you believe that you would be judged on your merits? >> yes, senator. the rules of the game were set up and we have a right to be judged fairly and just by taking the test, we knew that the test -- we didn't even need to go any further. just by taking the test, we knew the test was job related and...
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i hope our panelists can tell us what they think the decisions tell us about the roberts court. we have also had lawyers have argued major cases decided earlier in the term. the major business case of the term on state versus federal regulation of drug labeling. then there is the case which asks whether a city that allows the 10 commandments monument in a public park must also allow a seven aphorisms monument in the park as well. it's a varied diet, so let's begin. the plan is each speaker will have some opening remarks and then i may follow up with some questions and we will encourage panelists to engage each other with comments and questions and then we will encourage questions from you in the audience. i'm going to briefly introduced the speakers and there is more information about them in your brochures. our first speaker is pamela harris is getting familiar with these environments. just a few days ago, she began a new job as executive director of the supreme court institute at georgetown law which has helped hundreds of advocates prepare our view -- prepared to argue before
i hope our panelists can tell us what they think the decisions tell us about the roberts court. we have also had lawyers have argued major cases decided earlier in the term. the major business case of the term on state versus federal regulation of drug labeling. then there is the case which asks whether a city that allows the 10 commandments monument in a public park must also allow a seven aphorisms monument in the park as well. it's a varied diet, so let's begin. the plan is each speaker will...
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the greatest time to be an american is before us. all of us today have a great and noble purpose. as our country calls upon each of us to rise to this critical moment and keep america the greatest and healthy as country in the world. thank you and god bless america. >> we looked up to some questions. bill free to pass them up here. mr. steele, it is morally -- is that morally acceptable for 40 million americans to be without health insurance? >> i don't know what that is a consideration for a politician versus out pastor. it's imperative that the political leadership get it right. it is morally wrong to saddle future generations with a burden that they cannot pay. . it is morally wrong to stake a claim in the future in which the government controls your individuality, the choices that you make, and how you lead your lives. so i think that this question is a very important one, with respect to the 30 or so million people who do not have health care. we as a nation have committed ourselves to doing everything possible to help them. but we have to do it in such a way that we don't hu
the greatest time to be an american is before us. all of us today have a great and noble purpose. as our country calls upon each of us to rise to this critical moment and keep america the greatest and healthy as country in the world. thank you and god bless america. >> we looked up to some questions. bill free to pass them up here. mr. steele, it is morally -- is that morally acceptable for 40 million americans to be without health insurance? >> i don't know what that is a...
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the continue to tell us it is a meaningless survey even though no one from treasury has taken us up on offers to come look of the survey responses and on redacted form, we say take a look of them and see if you think these are meaningless responses that can provide transparency so i think the most alarming to me is the steadfast refusal, the will flow refusal it to adopt to provide transparency. >> so you are saying that even though you now have over 360 surveys, that provide information on how the t.a.r.p. funds have been news, known from the treasury department has come over to look to this information? >> their refusal to adopt recommendations purely of our audit report, they have not come over. >> i think that is astonishing. i yield back. >> thank you very much. i now yield to congressman souls from illinois. >> thank you mr. chairman, likewise have a birthday on your special day. just know this ain't your election to office in 1983 and someone who is 28 years old and congress, that is a lifetime peridots of thank you for your service. >> i feel it to can i confirm your congressma
the continue to tell us it is a meaningless survey even though no one from treasury has taken us up on offers to come look of the survey responses and on redacted form, we say take a look of them and see if you think these are meaningless responses that can provide transparency so i think the most alarming to me is the steadfast refusal, the will flow refusal it to adopt to provide transparency. >> so you are saying that even though you now have over 360 surveys, that provide information...
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can this document be used? >> >> you can bring this through the assimilated crime act, and this can be charged. >> some of these people can be charged under both sets of law. >> do you agree with this theory that we could use this doctrine to incorporate the military support? >> there is still the question as to whether this was an offense -- >> if you were able to incorporate the title 18 defense -- >> to the extent that this is viable. >> when it comes to the standards of evidence, are you familiar with these procedures when they try the international war criminals? one thing that i would suggest, i think these rules are more restrictive. >> we spoke about this in 2006, looking at an international tribunal for rwanda and yugoslavia. they have very liberal rules. >> what kind of standard do they use with the statements of the accused? >> this is the reliability. >> if you compare the military commission system, to the international court trial, we're much more liberal in terms of providing protections to the a
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it would allow us to use something besides the batteries and power known as a fuel cell. it would help us to find out if man could survive for 14 days at zero gravity, it would help us to do eda. we have to develop new space shoes -- suits that would allow the man to survive while working in space. all of these new requirements were operations that eventually they had to do around the moon. germany was a proving ground for apollo. i don't have enough time to describe gemma night so it won't -- i won't. i want to talk about how we got to apollo. well many of us in the operations world and some engineers were still working on jim and i, the apollo program came on. this was a whole new concept. many of these people had never had any experience in space flight. they came from other engineering aspects of life. they had been given the chance to very quickly come up to speed. frankly, they've built a dam lousy space craft. they were running like the devil trying to get it done. it was quite a turmoil in 1967, when we sent three men to their deaths on a pad at cape canaveral. it
it would allow us to use something besides the batteries and power known as a fuel cell. it would help us to find out if man could survive for 14 days at zero gravity, it would help us to do eda. we have to develop new space shoes -- suits that would allow the man to survive while working in space. all of these new requirements were operations that eventually they had to do around the moon. germany was a proving ground for apollo. i don't have enough time to describe gemma night so it won't --...
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against us. so there was some kind of atmosphere actually that led to regard al-jazeera as something from the other camp, you know? against us. and we are hearing, started to hear from washington and from london and from many other governments in the part of the alliance, we started hearing them talking about al-jazeera as the cause for destabilization in iraq and inciting violence in iraq. what happened to us actually when we were in baghdad? i was the bureau chief. one of our correspondents was killed. few were injured. twenty were detained in guantanamo, in -- were detained in abu ghraib prison. some of them were tortured. we did speak about the torturing that was taking place in abu ghraib long time before any other western media spoke about it. it was not taken seriously even by journalists because they thought, you know, these guys are just propagating certain kind of propaganda against the americans. it was not at all. our journalists were tortured in abu ghraib, and until today the bombin
against us. so there was some kind of atmosphere actually that led to regard al-jazeera as something from the other camp, you know? against us. and we are hearing, started to hear from washington and from london and from many other governments in the part of the alliance, we started hearing them talking about al-jazeera as the cause for destabilization in iraq and inciting violence in iraq. what happened to us actually when we were in baghdad? i was the bureau chief. one of our correspondents...
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the president's told us that. although that's sort of like saying we're not going -- we're going to close guantanamo bay without figuring out where we'll put the terrorists. that causes a problem. in the case of nuclear fuels, two thing, one, it can be stored on site safely for the next 30 to 40 years. france does it. they all believe it can be done safely. number two, we should have a mini-manhattan project on how to -- on the safest and best way to recycle used nuclear fuel. i'm not satisfied that we've got that yet. so let's take 10 or 20 years to figure that out and at that point we can recycle the waste and have almost no residue left from the waste. so it's a two-part plan. >> yes? sir, it sounds like most of the effort is going to come from the president then in terms of pushing 100 nuclear reactors. the one thing you mentioned congress could do is up the loan guarantees. is there anything else? are you going to pursue this since you're not going to go to the cap and trade likely the way the senate's going?
the president's told us that. although that's sort of like saying we're not going -- we're going to close guantanamo bay without figuring out where we'll put the terrorists. that causes a problem. in the case of nuclear fuels, two thing, one, it can be stored on site safely for the next 30 to 40 years. france does it. they all believe it can be done safely. number two, we should have a mini-manhattan project on how to -- on the safest and best way to recycle used nuclear fuel. i'm not satisfied...
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thank you for joining us. guest: i hope you will read this and get a different insight and point of view about congress. i think there are a lot of good stories and hear about how we were able to get legislation through, almost in all cases on a bipartisan basis, and invariably in a way that was even more successful than we anticipated. it can be done. government can be an and poor in force for good in people's lives. host: bad is it for today's "washington journal." back tomorrow at 7:00 a.m. eastern time. . >> former defense secretary robert mcnamara died today. according to his wife, he was 93. his wife told the associated press he died this morning at 5:30 and he had been in failing health for some time. he served as secretary of defense during the vietnam war. under president kennedy and johnson. on this first day of the moscow summit with president obama and russian president medvedev, we look at missile defense, nuclear weapons and disarmament. the group hosting the event. our live coverage of 1:00 p.m.
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we have put before use some of its ultimate questions facing us. we have been very pleased to hear how deeply you think about these matters and we think it requires very deep and new thinking. i suspect that when it comes to this cause agency coordination we probably ought to have somebody look at its beyond our particular agencies and that's something we want to give some thought to following this hearing to hear what joe thoughts might be on that notion about the presidential authority to say that the lead agency for example there might be a point where even the stafford act matter, but what happens in katrina. in order to have any betty spates credibly given how few resources were in place, the commander which is of a service invented the rescuing, the coast guard, had to stand up and speak out and did may change at various points. we don't care who is in charge, we just care that everybody understands who was in charge and that there is no bickering about it, no duplication and that we continue to move toward a, i see that clean thinking from y
we have put before use some of its ultimate questions facing us. we have been very pleased to hear how deeply you think about these matters and we think it requires very deep and new thinking. i suspect that when it comes to this cause agency coordination we probably ought to have somebody look at its beyond our particular agencies and that's something we want to give some thought to following this hearing to hear what joe thoughts might be on that notion about the presidential authority to say...
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paulson will help us shed some further light on this transaction and help us to answer these questions. i look forward to his testimony this morning. i now yield five minutes to our ranking member of the committee, mr. darrow, for his opening statement. >> thank you. thank you for being a full partner. i would ask unanimous consent that the gentlemen from florida and new jersey bailout to sit in on the panel pursuant to our rules and ask questions. [no audio] >> i do not think it is going in. >> thank you. mr. chairman, after reading paulson as testimony, it is clear the most of the bases? related to this event in december of last year are no longer in question. secretary paulson has confirmed that he did tell ken lewis that if the bank of america exercised that clause and later needed assistance than management would or could be fired. this is not in debate. candor and clarity that he is bringing to us today is refreshing and helpful. the fact that the secretary does not believe it is inappropriate, perhaps we should look at in light of the times. just as revisionists have rewritten w
paulson will help us shed some further light on this transaction and help us to answer these questions. i look forward to his testimony this morning. i now yield five minutes to our ranking member of the committee, mr. darrow, for his opening statement. >> thank you. thank you for being a full partner. i would ask unanimous consent that the gentlemen from florida and new jersey bailout to sit in on the panel pursuant to our rules and ask questions. [no audio] >> i do not think it is...
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a lot of us think medicare's got a lot of good components, could surely use some reforms. but you shouldn't go and cut $500 billion out of medicare like this bill does. so go beat up on insurance companies all day. but don't try to stand on the backs of senior citizens to sell this bill. if you can't sell it on its own merits, don't try to hide behind senior citizens to do it. >> the vote comes on the weiner amendment. those in favor say aye. those opposed no. >> i'd like a roll call on that. >> the nos have it. >> i request a roll call vote. the clerk will call the roll. >> mr. waxman? >>> no. >> mr. waxman votes no. mr. ding el? mr. ding el no. mr. markey? mr. boucher? mr. pallone? mr. pallone, no. mr. gordon? mr. rush? miss eshoo. no. mr. stupak. mr. stupak no. mr. engel? mr. engel no. mr. green? ms. degette? no. mrs. capps? mrs. capps no. mr. doyle? mr. doyle, no. ms. harman? ms. harman no. ms. schakowsky no. mr. gonzalez? mr. gonzalez no. mr. inslee. mr. inslee no. ms. baldwin? ms. baldwin no. mr. ross? mr. weiner? no. mr. weiner, no. mr. butterfield? mr. butterfield,
a lot of us think medicare's got a lot of good components, could surely use some reforms. but you shouldn't go and cut $500 billion out of medicare like this bill does. so go beat up on insurance companies all day. but don't try to stand on the backs of senior citizens to sell this bill. if you can't sell it on its own merits, don't try to hide behind senior citizens to do it. >> the vote comes on the weiner amendment. those in favor say aye. those opposed no. >> i'd like a roll...
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everyone of us while we were there and all i am there, not one of us thinks that we are doing what 99 percent of the people think we are doing which is what we want. i think i am not. we are trustees of an institution. that institution is to serve america well. we hope -- who knows about the future. if we were to vote for something, the implication for change, we do not know. that is called being very conservative about major changes in this institution. that is not illogical argument. it is a psychological argument. i would not understand its importance. >> the architects of the supreme court was a talented man. one of the features he put in the course of arts to hold the lambs up were [unintelligible] ? it is because justice moves slowly. it is better to be sure than sorry. >> i think i speak for all of us in thanking you for being here. [laughter] [applause] >> how is c-span funded? >> the u.s. government. >> i do not know. i think some of it is government waste. >> it is not public. i want to say my tax dollars. >> how is c-span funded? 30 years ago, america's cable companies crea
everyone of us while we were there and all i am there, not one of us thinks that we are doing what 99 percent of the people think we are doing which is what we want. i think i am not. we are trustees of an institution. that institution is to serve america well. we hope -- who knows about the future. if we were to vote for something, the implication for change, we do not know. that is called being very conservative about major changes in this institution. that is not illogical argument. it is a...
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useful to aol. you are profitable with aol. >> very profitable. >> there is a model. >> it goes to your point. it may not need that kind of packaging that the industry that we were used to for hundreds of years. there's going to be chaos. glacier, he wrote a brilliant essay, google it, and the word unthinkable your think of unthinkable is the name. google that. i recommend it highly. he goes back and says we are now in a similar destruction now. we will end up with something. we're hopeful because we have been doing stuff. it is definitely going to be different. and our assumptions can't necessarily rise in say when w wax. [inaudible] >> shutting down our public libraries. >> i met with the new york public library and by the way i'm a hypocrite for bringing out the book. i should have put it on line but they paid me. and they realized that i asked a question to them, what did you shut down the building. what are you? the same thing as a newspaper would if you shut down the press? a library, they rea
useful to aol. you are profitable with aol. >> very profitable. >> there is a model. >> it goes to your point. it may not need that kind of packaging that the industry that we were used to for hundreds of years. there's going to be chaos. glacier, he wrote a brilliant essay, google it, and the word unthinkable your think of unthinkable is the name. google that. i recommend it highly. he goes back and says we are now in a similar destruction now. we will end up with something....
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she's told us we can't use it in our frank mail. in our frank mail. we have to use the public they know that the democratic majority is planning to cut costs by rationing care. by deciding whether or not you go to the doctor or witch doctor you get to go to, which specialists you get to go to. when you get to go, and most importantly, end of life care for our seniors. the government gets to decide whether or not they get to make the decisions later on in life, whether the computer model realizes that this is not a wise distribution of health care dollars. an people don't want that. they want real reform just like the republicans do. we want to have cost control, we want quality and we want access with real reforms like tort reform. thank you, mr. speaker. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will remind all persons in the gallery that they are here as guests of the house and that any manifestation of approval or disapproval of the proceedings or our audible conversation is in violation of the rules of the house. for what purpose does t
she's told us we can't use it in our frank mail. in our frank mail. we have to use the public they know that the democratic majority is planning to cut costs by rationing care. by deciding whether or not you go to the doctor or witch doctor you get to go to, which specialists you get to go to. when you get to go, and most importantly, end of life care for our seniors. the government gets to decide whether or not they get to make the decisions later on in life, whether the computer model...
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these meetings are also extremely useful. i learned a great deal from my meeting and i'm confident my colleagues did, as well. for me, the critical criteria for judging a supreme court nominee are the following. a first-rate intellect. significant experience. unquestioned integrity. absolute commitment to the rule of law. unwaivering dedication to being fair and open minded. the ability to appreciate the impact of court decisions on the lives of ordinary people. based on what we have learned so far, you are truly an impressive nominee. i'm confident this hearing will give this committee and the rest of the senate the information we need to complete our constitutional duty. as senators, i believe we each owe you a decision based on your record and your answers to our questions. that decision should not turn on empty code words like judicial activist or in charges of guilt by association or any litmus test. instead, we should focus on your record and your responses and determine whether you have the qualities that will enable y
these meetings are also extremely useful. i learned a great deal from my meeting and i'm confident my colleagues did, as well. for me, the critical criteria for judging a supreme court nominee are the following. a first-rate intellect. significant experience. unquestioned integrity. absolute commitment to the rule of law. unwaivering dedication to being fair and open minded. the ability to appreciate the impact of court decisions on the lives of ordinary people. based on what we have learned so...
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they had us all over facebook. there was a mad viral frenzy when target put up $3 million and said we are going to give this out proportionately by votes to these ten charities. and everyone was clicking like crazy. we got $794,000, 26.6% of the votes all because of viral communications. it was amazing. we've also sent emails with tips to prevent the spread of the h1n1 virus. we had a lot of funds sending emails from heidi klum the runway model and the second baseman from the new york yankee about taking cpr training and these activities have brought us 9,000 new donors. 6% of them committed to sustainable giving, meaning that they would give $20 at least each and every month. but as importantly it, shows that despite many challenges, a 128-year-old institution can participate in the digital age and this brings me to the final key success factor in these times, which is keep looking to the horizon. cost consciousness is definitely a critical element for nonprofits but it's just going to take you so far. we also nee
they had us all over facebook. there was a mad viral frenzy when target put up $3 million and said we are going to give this out proportionately by votes to these ten charities. and everyone was clicking like crazy. we got $794,000, 26.6% of the votes all because of viral communications. it was amazing. we've also sent emails with tips to prevent the spread of the h1n1 virus. we had a lot of funds sending emails from heidi klum the runway model and the second baseman from the new york yankee...
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you use -- >> right. and all i'm asking -- this is not a trick question. >> i wasn't -- >> i can't imagine that the answer would be other wise then. yes, you've always found some legal basis for ruling one way or the other? some precedent, some reading of the statute, the constitution, whatever it might be. you haven't ever had to throw up your arms and say i can't find any legal basis for this opinion and i'm going to base it on some other factor. >> when you say -- when you use the word "some legal basis" it suggests that a judge is coming to the process by saying, i think the result should be here and so i'm going to use something to get there. >> no. i'm not trying to infer that any of your decisions have been incorrect or that you've used an inappropriate basis. i'm simply confirming what you first said in response to me question about the president. that in every case the judge is able to find a basis in law for deciding the case. sometimes it may not be a case from your circuit. sometimes it may be
you use -- >> right. and all i'm asking -- this is not a trick question. >> i wasn't -- >> i can't imagine that the answer would be other wise then. yes, you've always found some legal basis for ruling one way or the other? some precedent, some reading of the statute, the constitution, whatever it might be. you haven't ever had to throw up your arms and say i can't find any legal basis for this opinion and i'm going to base it on some other factor. >> when you say --...
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us. and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. for thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever, amen. in peace, let us pray to the lord. al matey god, who has knit together thine elect in one commoonion and fellowship in the mystical body of thy son, christ our lord, grant we be each those to thy whole church in paradise and on earth, thy light and thy peace. >> amen. >> grant to us who are still in our pilgrimage and who walk as yet by faith that thy holy spirit may lead us in holiness and righteousness all our days. grant to all who mourn, assure confidence in thy fatherly care, that casting all their grief on thee, they may know the consolation of thy love. amen. give courage and faith to those who are bereaved, and especially to this family, that they may have strength to meet the days ahead in the comfort of a reasonable and holy hope, in the joyful expectation of eternal life with those they love. help us, we pray, in the midst of things we can
us. and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. for thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever, amen. in peace, let us pray to the lord. al matey god, who has knit together thine elect in one commoonion and fellowship in the mystical body of thy son, christ our lord, grant we be each those to thy whole church in paradise and on earth, thy light and thy peace. >> amen. >> grant to us who are still in our pilgrimage and who walk as yet by faith...
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and i wouldn't want to see that be called therapeutic use or necessary use. that's different. >> that's one reason i talked about it separately. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> we are joined by congressman cordova from california. mr. pollack? >> thank you for your testimony. would you say that there should be or -- that there should be a different definition between therapeutic and nontherapeutic use as applied to humans and animals or do you think they're the same definition to cover both humans and animals? >> i can't think of the use of antibiotics in humans for growth promotion. other things are used for that. sometimes. i don't know the concept of nontherapeutic use really, i don't know -- i don't know if it exists. >> that brings up a pet peeve of mine and that's overuse of antibiotics for diseases that pediatricians who come to us are using. >> i was trying to think of someone where they would come out and say, use it in a nontherapeutic way. but certainly pediatrics is taking the lead. >> that's good news. come down 30%. >> 30%. and for certain illnes
and i wouldn't want to see that be called therapeutic use or necessary use. that's different. >> that's one reason i talked about it separately. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> we are joined by congressman cordova from california. mr. pollack? >> thank you for your testimony. would you say that there should be or -- that there should be a different definition between therapeutic and nontherapeutic use as applied to humans and animals or do you think they're the same...
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except the way some of us feel about people who run against us. but what would the cap be? what could you cap as an interim thing? >> we don't have information perfect on this, but i think that the treasury itself identified 19 institutions they sthaut was systemically important. on the other hand we see the experience of cit group, but it's extremely informative. in terms of the arguments they were making about being interconnected, their importance to the real economy. all kinds of arguments about how they are widely cited and synthetic ceos. that all turns out to be baloney. you can let them fail through bankruptcy or renegotiation with the creditors. that's between $100 billion total assets and $500 billion total assets, subject to a leverage caveat of ms. rivlin, right? >> but is that -- is assets -- what's the cap? we know we have one on deposits and that's a percentage one. of course, what would be -- would it be assets? >> yeah, well, its assets. it's either total dollar assets or as a percent of gdp. i'm saying 1% of gdp total assets would be the cit threshold. >>
except the way some of us feel about people who run against us. but what would the cap be? what could you cap as an interim thing? >> we don't have information perfect on this, but i think that the treasury itself identified 19 institutions they sthaut was systemically important. on the other hand we see the experience of cit group, but it's extremely informative. in terms of the arguments they were making about being interconnected, their importance to the real economy. all kinds of...
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it brought us a very long way. this is different from that old bottleneck i was talking about with the hourglass model. this requires people to knock down the walls and start working together to find solutions to problems. also the illinois national guard was essential. the illinois department of human services and the illinois department of transportation worked together to make sure this worked. the multiple community-based faith based and guarantee based organizations as well as volunteer organizations were essential, those are our emergency response volunteers, nurses and medical personnel. very essential. i also want to come end of the cdc and nih. all of the institutions putting information out because he saved this country during an economic downturn billions and billions of dollars. that isn't being said yet. but billions and billions of dollars. you stop the crisis from happening by controlling the messaging and making sure people remained calm. i talk about public health many times as being very close to
it brought us a very long way. this is different from that old bottleneck i was talking about with the hourglass model. this requires people to knock down the walls and start working together to find solutions to problems. also the illinois national guard was essential. the illinois department of human services and the illinois department of transportation worked together to make sure this worked. the multiple community-based faith based and guarantee based organizations as well as volunteer...
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if you use dr. christina roker's analysis which we have done in the ways and means committee, that is where five million jobs will be lost because of the cost of the employer mandate. >> the alternative, just wondering when we will see legislation, how you plan to pay for your health care bills. >> this question of how do you pay for this gets it wrong. what we want to do is get costs out of health-care. what they are doing is saying how can we spend more, and find the revenue to pay for that. we have a number of ideas we are going to be offering in committee, our role is to amend this vehicle that is on a fast track being jammed through this whole process, not getting the american people an opportunity to look at it. you will see our ideas come forward and the only way we can do that is to amend this bill on thursday when it comes through the committee. current >> thank you all. .. colleagues who are going to speak on this bill and give you their view of why it's the right way to go. i believe we h
if you use dr. christina roker's analysis which we have done in the ways and means committee, that is where five million jobs will be lost because of the cost of the employer mandate. >> the alternative, just wondering when we will see legislation, how you plan to pay for your health care bills. >> this question of how do you pay for this gets it wrong. what we want to do is get costs out of health-care. what they are doing is saying how can we spend more, and find the revenue to...
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host:grover norquist is with us today. yesterday, sarah palin stepped down officially as governor of alaska. what are your thoughts on her political future? guest: she gets to design her political future. she could not really run as governor of alaska. she can now come down to the lower 48, as nixon did in 1966, she did -- he did so well to help the republicans in 66. successful presidential race raising money for republican candidates. host: she is going to make a living. is there any indication she would pare this with a broadcast or coming to your career? guest: my guess is that she would make money speaking. maybe as a commentator, she could, but she could not do so as a news person or -- host: she is a draw for republican candidates? guest: she is a draw for republican candidates, and she gets to define herself through those speeches and not have katie couric explain who she is and what she does. host: to the nature of this morning's conversation, a lot will have to do with this piece of legislation, h.r.-3200. what a
host:grover norquist is with us today. yesterday, sarah palin stepped down officially as governor of alaska. what are your thoughts on her political future? guest: she gets to design her political future. she could not really run as governor of alaska. she can now come down to the lower 48, as nixon did in 1966, she did -- he did so well to help the republicans in 66. successful presidential race raising money for republican candidates. host: she is going to make a living. is there any...
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that is why aarp has endorsed us. christie parson. >> you promised health care negotiations would take place on c-span and that has not happened. nord ministries and recently turned down a request from a watchdog group seeking a list of health care executives who visited the white us to talk about health care reform. also, the t.a.r.p. inspector general recently said your white house of withhold and to much information on the bank bailout so my question for you is are you fulfilling a promise of transparency and the white house? >> on the list of health care executives who visited us, most of the time you guys have been in there taking pictures though it has not been a secret and my understanding is we sent a letter out providing a full list of all the executives, but frankly these have mostly been at least photos phrase for you could see who was participating. with respect to while the negotiations not being on c-span, you will recall in this very room that our kickoff event was here on c-span, and at a certain point
that is why aarp has endorsed us. christie parson. >> you promised health care negotiations would take place on c-span and that has not happened. nord ministries and recently turned down a request from a watchdog group seeking a list of health care executives who visited the white us to talk about health care reform. also, the t.a.r.p. inspector general recently said your white house of withhold and to much information on the bank bailout so my question for you is are you fulfilling a...
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and cultural issues really require us to go back and have a broader definition of delivery. so that's why you're all here. you're part of, with this childhood obesity initiative, america's attempt to reimagine how we take on our challenges in an interdependent world where we are all crashing up against one another. divorce is not an option. we can't get away from one another. there are lots of wonderful things about it but it is entirely too unstable, too unequal, and because the climate change completely unsustainable. in a world like that you have to build new and interesting partnerships to build up the positive forces and reduce the negative forces of interdependence. that is the context in which we confront this childhood obesity issue. and we were talking on the way out. before i came out here. ireland has a national campaign against it. the u.k. has a national campaign against it. india has a national campaign against it. how could they possibly need it if i think they have the world's most interesting diet? because they're chunking it rapidly in favor of western fast
and cultural issues really require us to go back and have a broader definition of delivery. so that's why you're all here. you're part of, with this childhood obesity initiative, america's attempt to reimagine how we take on our challenges in an interdependent world where we are all crashing up against one another. divorce is not an option. we can't get away from one another. there are lots of wonderful things about it but it is entirely too unstable, too unequal, and because the climate change...
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>> mexico is important to us. we share a common border and immigration issues, trade, economy, the water we use for irrigation and agriculture. we are closely intertwined. the violence that threatens us greatly because of our integrated economy and the integrated nature of our society. it is not only a source of much of the drugs that are consumed in the united states. instability and south of our border creates problems on a much broader scale. >> let me ask you this -- from the homeland security standpoint, it represents a vulnerability in terms of our borders. we have to be concerned about any smuggling network that introduces contraband on our borders, we have to be concerned about them. from those reasons, we need to leverage all of our efforts to shut down these networks collectively. >> i appreciate the comments. >> the laundering of the profits. that is something we do not talk about. the requiring identification open at the time of opening a bank account -- they have been opened with less than secure iden
>> mexico is important to us. we share a common border and immigration issues, trade, economy, the water we use for irrigation and agriculture. we are closely intertwined. the violence that threatens us greatly because of our integrated economy and the integrated nature of our society. it is not only a source of much of the drugs that are consumed in the united states. instability and south of our border creates problems on a much broader scale. >> let me ask you this -- from the...
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use indecent language if you use the "f" word or the "s" word as mr. cheney made on the floor of the senate. you would not understand that the vice president was inviting -- and if that was indecent because as the fcc used to say this was only used as an intensifier than literally a description of sex or an activity. this change, i could not make my government up, okay? this is -- this change earlier in the decade when the fcc concluded that any and all words of the f word or s word were indecent only to be said by their own assessment of the context. that got to the supreme court on the clear point of administrative law as to whether the fcc had enough grounds for flipping its definition and the court rheaumed for the fcc. what was interesting about the case is if you count nos, it is clear that the government will lose the next round on first amendment grounding with going so far as to say that he is -- and i'm sure people here will be shocked by this that he is now willing to overrule the whole rest of cases that have come up with different standard
use indecent language if you use the "f" word or the "s" word as mr. cheney made on the floor of the senate. you would not understand that the vice president was inviting -- and if that was indecent because as the fcc used to say this was only used as an intensifier than literally a description of sex or an activity. this change, i could not make my government up, okay? this is -- this change earlier in the decade when the fcc concluded that any and all words of the f word...
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only three dmvs currently use that system. we have 56 jurisdictions. only three currently use it. the organization according to their testimony believes that 85% of birth records dating back to 1985 are in an electronic form. i would like to see verification of that number. certainly, i have no reason to believe that. i do know several states they've had great difficulty in actually transferring especially old records into electronic forum to make them consistent, accurate, and useable. that is not to do at the end of the day. there's one state in particular just recently who moved its license to a legal presence standard so you had to prove legal presence in the united states. that stated to set up a war room just for the birth certificate issue because for all those people coming in, those who are in the united states legally, who are foreign-born or foreign residence, had no problem showing they were legally present. the person had a problem to show who was a citizen of the united states was the grandmother who's birth certificate was in the family bible that was burned down. t
only three dmvs currently use that system. we have 56 jurisdictions. only three currently use it. the organization according to their testimony believes that 85% of birth records dating back to 1985 are in an electronic form. i would like to see verification of that number. certainly, i have no reason to believe that. i do know several states they've had great difficulty in actually transferring especially old records into electronic forum to make them consistent, accurate, and useable. that is...
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i do not see us as different means. i do not think there was any deal with chairman waxman the proposals made by some in our caucus and who served in our committee was to be a reflection of what they thought would work for their district and i respect that. çbut this is one piece of a try committee process -- a tri- committee process. at the end of the day, i tell my members that we have to have universal, quality affordable health care for all americans, and we will do that. we will do so working together. >> if you could please give me a yes or no answer on whether or not you personally support expressly prohibiting the funding of abortion through the federally subsidized health care. today, energy and commerce, tomorrow as their work on that bill, may be addressing that issue. >> a congressman says we are opposing our leadership on the health care bill. how're you going to solve this? >> i'm sorry, i did not hear his statement. he is a valued member of our caucus, a serious member of the energy and commerce committ
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i request you keep us informed. if there's other information you believe we should have for part of our record. i suspect this will not be the last hearing we'll be having on this subject. this is an evolving issue, and one which is certainly challenging to the department of justice and the department of defense. and we thank both of you for your service and for your testimony here. we'll now turn to our second panel. let me introduce the second panel as they come forward. first we have david laughman. now serves as partner with kelly, dries, white collar crime and litigation practice group. he served an assistant u.s. attorney for the eastern district of virginia where he specialized in prosecutes terrorism, espionage and other national security cases in 2005 served as the lead trial council in the government's successful prosecution of ahmad omar abah ali known as virginia jihad case. this case involved an american citizen who was convicted of providing material support and resources to al qaeda conspiring to assa
i request you keep us informed. if there's other information you believe we should have for part of our record. i suspect this will not be the last hearing we'll be having on this subject. this is an evolving issue, and one which is certainly challenging to the department of justice and the department of defense. and we thank both of you for your service and for your testimony here. we'll now turn to our second panel. let me introduce the second panel as they come forward. first we have david...
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and the use of oil. the third thing we could do is to explore offshore for natural gas which is low carbon and oil which we should use less of but use our own and fourth, several mini manhattan projects much like the ones dr. chu is beginning to do to find a way to make some of these newer forms of energy cost-effective and more reliable. but for the next 20 years, if we really want to deal with global warming we really only have one option and that is to double the number of nuclear power plants we have. there is no other technological way we have to have a large amount of reliable cheap electricity other than nuclear power. so if we're in the business of saying, yes, we can -- if the president would give the same kind of aggressive interest to building 100 new nuclear power plants, we could solve global warming in a generation. we keep beating around the bush and instead this house has come up with this contraption much like the one last year which senator bond had on the table and which is $100 billio
and the use of oil. the third thing we could do is to explore offshore for natural gas which is low carbon and oil which we should use less of but use our own and fourth, several mini manhattan projects much like the ones dr. chu is beginning to do to find a way to make some of these newer forms of energy cost-effective and more reliable. but for the next 20 years, if we really want to deal with global warming we really only have one option and that is to double the number of nuclear power...
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it was just send us six helicopters, send us eight people, send us is regiment and we asked why and it wasn't really clear. right now i think we've reached the point where we got the bulk of people lined up to come. now we have to be specific to tailor the requirements such that the people when they come in now really fill the niches because what we have there now is good in the general sense. we need to really add on to the specific side. >> thank you. >> senator isakson. >> welcome. it should be pointed out you brought the charts and didn't refer to them. i want, if i'm reading it right -- i want to compliment you because i believe you were appointed in april; is that not correct? >> march. >> march. >> that in march we were as less than 50% capacity in food, medicine, water, nonfood items. if i read it correctly now, august we'll be at 100% on everything but nonfood items; is that correct? >> that's correct. but there's a caveat there. one we have been able to do that because earl and his team have put together some stop-gap and emergency matters to make that happen and the other pa
it was just send us six helicopters, send us eight people, send us is regiment and we asked why and it wasn't really clear. right now i think we've reached the point where we got the bulk of people lined up to come. now we have to be specific to tailor the requirements such that the people when they come in now really fill the niches because what we have there now is good in the general sense. we need to really add on to the specific side. >> thank you. >> senator isakson. >>...
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today, and the two of us. when it comes to finding the facts and to agreeing on the portions that can be agreed on, so that we can then disagree on very little, i think this committee is setting a high standard, and i intend to continue that. i ask unanimous consent that my entire opening statement replaced on the record. >> without objection, so ordered. >> with that indulgent, i will take a moment to recognize allen berson. i do not know the rest of you as well, but our new borders are is not new to san diego, and he is not new to dealing with border issues. his work in education and his work on the airport -- the list of work is too long to do as an introduction, but you have been a champion for so many causes in san diego, and i could not be more delighted that the president has selected you as someone who rises above the politics, rises above either party to do what is right for our country. i look forward to your testimony today. i am particularly pleased that the border as a separate issue is getting at
today, and the two of us. when it comes to finding the facts and to agreeing on the portions that can be agreed on, so that we can then disagree on very little, i think this committee is setting a high standard, and i intend to continue that. i ask unanimous consent that my entire opening statement replaced on the record. >> without objection, so ordered. >> with that indulgent, i will take a moment to recognize allen berson. i do not know the rest of you as well, but our new...
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and i don't see us using our -- on the other hand, i don't see us using our monetary policy authority in any way to -- in any way that wouldn't be consistent with the objectives you gave us for macroeconomic stability and price stability. so i really think the two are congruent, not conflicting. >> i mean, i interpret from your opening statement which i heard -- i missed some of the questions here and what you've been saying is the board of governors of the fed welcome this responsibility, at least you seem to. is there any conflict at all among the board or discussion should we be doing this or is it better left to an independent agency or some other agency? >> i think members of the board have had different views about a broad grant of authority, but i believe -- i haven't polled all the members of the board -- >> i'm not asking -- >> see this as an incremental change from where we are right now. and, therefore, i am not aware of any dissent on the board about the particular proposal that the treasury has made before the treasury made the proposal, there was a lot of discussion of s
and i don't see us using our -- on the other hand, i don't see us using our monetary policy authority in any way to -- in any way that wouldn't be consistent with the objectives you gave us for macroeconomic stability and price stability. so i really think the two are congruent, not conflicting. >> i mean, i interpret from your opening statement which i heard -- i missed some of the questions here and what you've been saying is the board of governors of the fed welcome this...
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we need to use nuclear. we need to use when power. we need to use solar. we need to use hydro. we need to use everything to make that number go down by 400 billion. we don't have a choice as to what we use. we have to use it all and we have to use it in a well thought out orchestrated way. we have led the world and innovation but i will tell you right now it takes decades to get from conception to develop the technology and then to implement it, you better put another decade and there. so, where is this magical technology that is going to make this carbon free overnight. it isn't there but in time it will be there if we have a national energy policy led by our leaders in washington by business leaders in this country. we will get to the point where we are drilling everywhere we can drill in an environmentally friendly way and if we can't we want real but we have to be realistic. we are going to use all of our resources today to get that to zeroth in as possible and while we are doing it we are going to take some of the revenues being generated from that can set them aside to de
we need to use nuclear. we need to use when power. we need to use solar. we need to use hydro. we need to use everything to make that number go down by 400 billion. we don't have a choice as to what we use. we have to use it all and we have to use it in a well thought out orchestrated way. we have led the world and innovation but i will tell you right now it takes decades to get from conception to develop the technology and then to implement it, you better put another decade and there. so,...
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judges use law review articles, they use statements by other courts. the new york court of appeals in a recent case looked to foreign law to address an issue that it was considering, not in terms of a holding for the court, but a way of thinking about it that it would consider. my point is that i wasn't advocating that it should ever serve as precedent or ever serve as a holding. i was talking about the dialogue of ideas and -- >> well, you know, i just think that you laid out the two positions and you came down on one side, and i think that's a fair summary of that speech which others can read and make up their own mind. you were asked about the legal defense fund which you were a member and a member of the board for 12 years, and in response to senator graham's question, you say you had never seen any briefs and that the main focus of your work at the organization was fund-raising. is that accurate? >> when i was responding to the senator, i was talking about the board in general. i belonged to many committees and so i did other things besides fund-r
judges use law review articles, they use statements by other courts. the new york court of appeals in a recent case looked to foreign law to address an issue that it was considering, not in terms of a holding for the court, but a way of thinking about it that it would consider. my point is that i wasn't advocating that it should ever serve as precedent or ever serve as a holding. i was talking about the dialogue of ideas and -- >> well, you know, i just think that you laid out the two...
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this issue affects all of us. as consumers and grandparents, we have a right to know what is being put in our food. we deserve a government that invests its resources into protecting our health. i must say it is of particular interest to me, not only as a member of congress but as myself a former organic farmer. and matsui is the daughter of a farmer, i'm a granddaughter of a farmer but i took up organic farming in the state of maine. i graduated with a degree in environmental sciences and spent years selling milk eggs and vegetables to the people in my community. i can say, i hold the blue ribbon and red ribbon in the politician's cow milking contest. if one of them because sick, i gave them an eakt. that's it. that's all we needed to be. i stopped selling the milk and made sure the cow was healthy again and got them back on track. it is a completely unnecessary situation that they're in. i complained to be involved in the organic food movement in our state. i know the griese dairy farmers in our state are those
this issue affects all of us. as consumers and grandparents, we have a right to know what is being put in our food. we deserve a government that invests its resources into protecting our health. i must say it is of particular interest to me, not only as a member of congress but as myself a former organic farmer. and matsui is the daughter of a farmer, i'm a granddaughter of a farmer but i took up organic farming in the state of maine. i graduated with a degree in environmental sciences and...
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we said, let us negotiate. the taxpayers are paying all this money to drug companies, and the least they can do is give taxpayers a good deal on their medicine. to their credit, pharmaceutical companies have already agreed to put up $80 billion, they put it on the table. is that we will help you to close the so-called doughnut hole that is causing a lot of people in a lot of grief. i do not know if everybody knows what it is. after a certain level of prescription drugs out of medicare, you get help until he spent several thousands of dollars. a lot of seniors cannot afford it. they end up cutting the medications in half or they do not take their medications at all, because they cannot afford it that month. that is not good. and it ends up being more expensive, because they do not take the medication, they may end up in the emergency room and have to pay more anyway. tell your mother, no one is messing with her doctors or her medicare. people should not believe everything they hear -- i got one letter from a wom
we said, let us negotiate. the taxpayers are paying all this money to drug companies, and the least they can do is give taxpayers a good deal on their medicine. to their credit, pharmaceutical companies have already agreed to put up $80 billion, they put it on the table. is that we will help you to close the so-called doughnut hole that is causing a lot of people in a lot of grief. i do not know if everybody knows what it is. after a certain level of prescription drugs out of medicare, you get...
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in using foreign law. and from what i understand, you believe it should not be used except in treaty and other foreign tase cases. >> i believe foreign law should not be used to determine the results under constitutional law or american law except where american law directs. >> thank you very much. thank you, judge. >> thank you senator graham? >> thank you, judge. i guess we do get to talk again. when you look at the fundamental right aspect of the second amendment, you'll be looking at precedent, you'll be looking at our history. you'll be looking at a lot of things you hopefully godchild is an nra member, you can assimilate your view of what south america all about when it comes to second amendment, but one thing i want you to know is russ fine gold and lindsey graham have reached the same conclusion and that speaks strong of the second amendment because we don't reach the same conclusion a lot. so i want to you realize this fundamental right issue of the second amendment is very important to a lot of p
in using foreign law. and from what i understand, you believe it should not be used except in treaty and other foreign tase cases. >> i believe foreign law should not be used to determine the results under constitutional law or american law except where american law directs. >> thank you very much. thank you, judge. >> thank you senator graham? >> thank you, judge. i guess we do get to talk again. when you look at the fundamental right aspect of the second amendment,...
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had it used cost benefit, had it used cost effectiveness. but cost was always going to be a part of what the agency could consider. the issue was more in what approach did congress' words intend. and so agency deference is important, but congress is the one who writes the statutes. so you have to start at the court with what did congress intend. >> seems to me like you're saying during the expertise of the statute that the agency was being arbitrary and capricious. >> not at all, sir. we were trying to look at the statute as a whole and determine what congress meant by words that appeared to say that best technology available had to minimize an environmental effect. as i said, that does have and as our opinion said, considerations of cost, but given that congress didn't use the cost benefit or give the agency cost benefit approval in the terms of this particular provision, while it has in others, we determined that the agency and precedent, interpreting provisions, limited the use of cost benefit analysis. >> in another 2004 administrative l
had it used cost benefit, had it used cost effectiveness. but cost was always going to be a part of what the agency could consider. the issue was more in what approach did congress' words intend. and so agency deference is important, but congress is the one who writes the statutes. so you have to start at the court with what did congress intend. >> seems to me like you're saying during the expertise of the statute that the agency was being arbitrary and capricious. >> not at all,...
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when you were using the numbers and assumptions you were using, did you assume that congress would not continue this huge deficit spending, where we are on track to literally double the national debt? are your assumptions based on performance going to get better if congress has a better fiscal policy or are your job assumptions based on continuing to spend money like drunken sailors? >> our forecast were based on our best projections of what government spending is likely to be and in particular includes the fiscal stimulus package. >> and come up with your assumptions than that this would be the job situation, assuming that congress does not do something about the current level of spending? >> if the fiscal stimulus package did not exist for example we would anticipate there would be higher unemployment. >> you are not on the same page. the stimulus package is already done. i am talking about the fact that for every dollar this congress is spending right now we are borrowing 50 cents. if that trend continues in the future appropriations and some people talking stimulus to cop, with tha
when you were using the numbers and assumptions you were using, did you assume that congress would not continue this huge deficit spending, where we are on track to literally double the national debt? are your assumptions based on performance going to get better if congress has a better fiscal policy or are your job assumptions based on continuing to spend money like drunken sailors? >> our forecast were based on our best projections of what government spending is likely to be and in...
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you are very generous for us using her time. and i want to know that you have helped significantly through this process and we are better off because you testified today and help us move along on this new proposal. and so we will be in touch with you in the future. and the chair once you to know that we will, members within 72 hours to ask questions in writing. and if you respond to them within a reasonable amount of time, the chair would appreciate that. so thank you so very much. >> thank you, mr. chairman. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> the chair welcomes the second panel to this hearing. the chair apologizes for the inconveniinconvenience is that you might have had while we were on the floor voting. and the chair is very respectful and appreciative of the fact that you come here to testify. i want to introduce our witnesses. and i will begin on my left. midscale hillebrand is a senior attorney and manager for the campaign for the consumers union. and seated next to her is mister stephen caulkins. is a
you are very generous for us using her time. and i want to know that you have helped significantly through this process and we are better off because you testified today and help us move along on this new proposal. and so we will be in touch with you in the future. and the chair once you to know that we will, members within 72 hours to ask questions in writing. and if you respond to them within a reasonable amount of time, the chair would appreciate that. so thank you so very much. >>...
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we think that is beneficial for us. you might as what those issues are, and again, i cannot go into them, but if you were to think of areas where we might like because of the size, because of the various countries with whom we are exercising, that we might like intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities, for example, it is being addressed in the review. we are very happy with the role that we have. we have an active voice in the formulation, and it is a singularly important document for us, and we are cautiously optimistic that it will be not just a heavy tome that goes across the street to congress, but that it will have an impact with congress and that the american people will be persuaded by the analysis that goes into it. i am optimistic. >> great pleasure to see you again. question -- i will just use the framework of our strategic relationship with japan and japan looking into theuture. two parts list. first off, the policy realignment initiative, a series of 19 different plans that basically restr
we think that is beneficial for us. you might as what those issues are, and again, i cannot go into them, but if you were to think of areas where we might like because of the size, because of the various countries with whom we are exercising, that we might like intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities, for example, it is being addressed in the review. we are very happy with the role that we have. we have an active voice in the formulation, and it is a singularly important...
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we used our existing systems for emergency department and primary care visits, which allowed us with minimal staff resources to monitor the geographic spread in the age groups affected. and third, we did several population-based telephone surveys to provide information on the overall infection rates in the city in order to estimate both hospitalization and fatality rates and allow us to compare the seasonal flu. and lastly, we did a few modeling studies with both c.d.c. and academic partners to assess viral transmission characteristics, such as incubation period and generation time. our response to outbreaks in institutional settings was most intense, obviously in schools, but also in the city jail system. in new york city, we have about 1,600 public schools with over a million students. our rationale for school closure was not to mitigate citywide spread. again, we realize that wasn't possible. but to prevent transmission to those at highest risk in that particular affected school community if it was experiencing a sustained or increased incidence of influenza-like ill tense school.
we used our existing systems for emergency department and primary care visits, which allowed us with minimal staff resources to monitor the geographic spread in the age groups affected. and third, we did several population-based telephone surveys to provide information on the overall infection rates in the city in order to estimate both hospitalization and fatality rates and allow us to compare the seasonal flu. and lastly, we did a few modeling studies with both c.d.c. and academic partners to...